A concurrent surgical miniaudit procedure: use of generic outcome screening criteria to detect anesthesia and other perioperative problems.
Findings of a study conducted at Cottonwood Hospital, in Murray, Utah, indicated that operating room personnel wee not completing incident reports for all adverse events occurring in the operating suite. With the assistance of members of the anesthesia department, a concurrent surgical miniaudit procedure was developed based on 14 generic outcome screening criteria used to identify adverse perioperative events. The new procedure has markedly improved the rate of reporting surgery and anesthesia-related adverse incidents.
D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D004282:Documentation; D005376:Financial Management; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D008499:Medical Records; D008722:Methods; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012308:Risk Management; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects; D014589:Utah